Friday, August 28, 2009

Happy Birthday Rebecca!

In August, my sister Jane and I had a barbeque at the Provosts for our father's birthday. In just two weeks, he would become a grandfather with the birth of Rebecca, then 3 weeks later came her cousin Lynn.

Although the nursery was ready, I believed that everyone delivered their first child several weeks late. So, I made plans to go downtown shopping with a friend of mine only to have to call her from the hospital and cancel those plans.Of course Rebecca was on time---she's always punctual (or a little early). She was born at Missouri Baptist Hospital pictured above in the 1970's. In the upper left hand corner is our room number.
Here Rebecca is at just a few hours old---so bright-eyed and alert (can't say I even saw her sister's eyes open in the hospital)
Here's the proud Papa with Rebecca at one day old who looks so adoringly at him.
And, here she is at two days old, showing a little leg. Happy Birthday Rebecca---hope you have a bright-eyed, adoring day, but don't forget to show a little leg!

2 comments:

Rebecca said...

oh you know me... i always show a little leg!!! :)

hear.t. and hue said...

dad looks like such a baby! ... well, not more than the infant, but you know what i mean.

Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.